The effort to put gay marriage on the ballot
in Washington has reached a key milestone.
Organizers say they've collected more than
127,000 signatures of registered
voters, more than the minimum need to
qualify for the ballot.
A man heading out for a holiday weekend with
his parents and his two children was killed by
an errant bullet from a stranger's dispute as
he drove down a Seattle street Thursday, police
said.
From hipster to hippie, the Memorial Day
weekend has become
a Superbowl of sorts for local music fans as
the Sasquatch
and Northwest Folklife festivals crank up for
their
respective annual runs.
When you sign your kid up for sports, you're
probably
expecting to see that little piece of paper
that says you
agree not to sue if your child is
accidentally
hurt. It turns out those pieces of paper are
pretty much
worthless.
Over a hundred liquor stores were already
auctioned off by
the Washington State Liquor Board, but 18
became available
again after payments fell through.
An author who managed to live through
extreme
circumstances involving abuse and alcoholism
and then
became a New York Times best-selling author,
says his move
into the self-help genre was an effort to do
something
useful.
A noisy demonstration on the plaza outside
Seattle Art
Museum punctuated Amazon.com's annual
shareholders
meeting. More than 100 members of labor,
faith groups and
others demanded Amazon stop dodging taxes.
Thirty-four years ago more than a million people stood in long lines at Seattle Center for a glimpse at the boy king of Egypt, King Tut. Most of them never thought they would have a chance to see such treasures again. But King Tut is back, and thousands of people will be returning to Seattle Center this year for another chance.
